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"The U.S.-based Counter Extremism Project (CEP), reported to Telegram what it described in a release as a channel 'made for sharing videos and written instructions for the homemade manufacture of explosives.' The channel was created on October 29...
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"In the region, security forces have been fighting a group called Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jammah. ASWJ officially pledged allegiance to IS last year and became part of its Islamic State Central Africa Province, according to the New York-based Counter...
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CEP's Joshua Fisher-Birch quoted: " 'Following Election Day, channels that make up the neo-Nazi accelerationist and extreme white supremacist sphere of Telegram have continued to declare that they cannot use the political system to meet their demands...

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ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in October 2020
Following is the October installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. September’s update can be read here , August’s update can be read here , July’s update...
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"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and Staffordshire University are joining forces on a ground-breaking research project which aims to shed new light on the intentions of violent extremists."

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Extremist Content Online: Online ISIS Supporters Celebrate Vienna Attack, Encourage Additonal Violence
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, ISIS supporters on Telegram, RocketChat and Hoop celebrated...
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CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky and executive director of the Alliance to Counter Crime Online Gretchen Peters write: "Our organizations have jointly concluded that the world’s largest social media company has neither the capacity nor the...
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"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and Staffordshire University are joining forces on a ground-breaking research project which aims to shed new light on the intentions of violent extremists. The ‘Disguised compliance in terrorist offending’ project...
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"The research finding will be valuable to those who interrogate suspects and gather intelligence. The project, led on behalf of CEP by international extremism expert and Staffordshire University Visiting Professor Ian Acheson, will also seek to...
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"CEP's Executive Director, David Ibsen, said: 'I'm excited that we have been able to partner on this project. The Counter Extremism Project has been at the forefront of international research to protect citizens against terrorism but this project is...
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